{"id":5464,"date":"2026-09-25T13:43:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lighthouseip.com\/?page_id=5464"},"modified":"2026-09-25T13:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:43:06","slug":"whitepaper-the-lingua-franca-of-ip-by-stephen-adams-ungated","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthouseip.com\/zh-hant\/whitepaper-the-lingua-franca-of-ip-by-stephen-adams-ungated\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitepaper \u2018The lingua franca of IP&#8217; by Stephen Adams &#8211; ungated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;bottom&#8221; row_height=&#8221;row_700px&#8221; hide_on=&#8221;hide-on-mobile&#8221; mob_bg_color=&#8221;sky-blue&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1754491722238{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.lighthouseip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/header-whitepaper-stephen-adams-is-english-still-the-lingua-franca-of-the-state-of-the-art-1.jpg?id=4729) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"sd-title-block-default color-white marginbottom-20px \">\r\n        <h1 class=\"sd-title-block-default-htag align-left font-standard\">\r\n            <span class=\"font-bold\">Read all about the<\/span>\r\n            <span class=\"font-normal\">the lingua franca of IP<\/span>\r\n            <\/h1>\r\n            <span class=\"sub-title align-Left\">in this whitepaper by IP specialist Stephen Adams<\/span>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"sd-button-default marginbottom-0px real-orange left arrow-yes \">\r\n            <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthouseip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/whitepaper-stephen-adams-is-english-still-the-lingua-franca-of-the-state-of-the-art.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download this whitepaper here<\/a>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"sd-text-block-default marginbottom-20px color-white \">\r\n            <p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>The pdf file will open in a new window.<\/em><\/p>\n\r\n        <\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1754034635546{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"sd-title-block-default color-blue marginbottom-40px \">\r\n            <span class=\"sub-title align-Left\"><\/span>\r\n        <h2 class=\"sd-title-block-default-htag align-left font-middle\">\r\n            <span class=\"font-normal\">Is Chinese becoming the global IP language?<\/span>\r\n            <\/h2>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"sd-text-block-default marginbottom-20px color- \">\r\n            <p style=\"text-align: left;\">The surge in Chinese-language patent publications is reshaping the landscape of intellectual property. 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